Nilesh Kunwar

The ‘Catch’ On Wednesday, Balochistan’s Home Minister Ziaullah Langauheld a press conference in Quetta to disclose that Pakistani security forces had apprehended two high ranking...

The poignant lead of Dawn’s June 17 editorial calling on Muslims wrapping up Haj rituals and celebrating Eid ul Zuhaas well as “all people of...

With Beijing and Islamabad signing at least 32 MOUs related to China Pakistan Economic Corridor [CPEC], it’s time celebrate for those who continue to believe...

The recent murderous attack on a tourist couple in the Pahalgam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district has one once again exposed the sordid underbelly...

Beijing and Islamabad recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of the ambitious USD 62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor [CPEC] and complimented each other for the spectacular...

Now that the Joint Awami Action Committee [JAAC] spearheading the ongoing protests in Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir [PoJK] has called off its present agitation,...

US State Department’s 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices is out and so are the comments of Pakistan’s Foreign Office [FO] on the same....

The top brass of Pakistan army regularly congregate at the military’s General Headquarters [GHQ] in Rawalpindi to discuss various defence related issues in a confab...

The contrast couldn’t be more telling. While the people of J&K ushered 2024 with the good news that students of Army Goodwill School in Wuzur,...

Targeting Chinese Nationals Plagued by recurring security issues, Beijing’s more than a decade old ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor [CPEC] project suffered yet another setback last...

‘Sinicising’ Islam Owned by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Global Times is an English tabloid that faithfully articulates China’s nationalistic perspective on...

After skipping summons in the Baloch missing students’ case twice, Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar finally appeared in the Islamabad High Court [IHC]...

There’s a general misapprehension amongst many that terrorism can be effectively eradicated solely by using the 'fighting fire with fire' strategy and killing or apprehending...

While Rawalpindi will outrightly reject the popular quip that while it has never won a war, the Pakistan army has never ever lost an election,...

Pakistan leaves no stone unturned to project Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir [IoJK] as a free and prosperous land and has even named this region...

A Faustian Deal In 2004, the then Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf made a secret deal with the US allowing the Special Activities Division of...

Washington univocally condemned Tehran’s cross border strike against alleged bases of anti-Iranian Sunni terrorist group Jaish al-Adl [JuA] in the Panjgur district of Balochistan as...

While the overall security situation in the Kashmir Valley has shown considerable improvement, the state of affairs in the forested mountainous areas south of PirPanjal...

Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar obnoxious remark that “Advocates of terrorists in Balochistan should go and join them if they are convinced on...

The contrast on both sides of the Line of Control [LoC] that delineates Jammu and Kashmir [J&K] and Pakistan occupied J&K [PoJK] couldn’t have been...

That normalcy returning to Kashmir Valley irks those who stand to gain from unrest in this region is a well known fact. This lot comprises...

In his 2019 UNGA address, the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan had snidely remarked, “You think Kashmiris will accept a new status quo...

The Attack Barely one month after the brazen suicide terrorist attack on the Pakistan Air Force [PAF] air base at Mianwali in which three ‘non-operational’...

One had expected with onset of winters infiltration of terrorists across the Line of Control [LoC] in J&K would see a temporary pause. However, with...

On June 23, 2021, an explosive laden vehicle exploded near the house of Lashkar-e-Taiba [LeT] co-founder and 9/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed located in...

In its statement on last Saturday’s terrorist attack on the Mianwali Pakistan Air Force [PAF] training base, Pakistan army’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations...

Every year, prior to onset of winters, Kashmir Valley witnesses a flurry of activities. While the civil administration works overtime to complete stocking of essential...

Brief Background To formalise the transfer of power from Her Majesty’s Government to the newly created dominions of India and Pakistan, the British parliament passed...

Though a paramilitary federal law enforcement force and part of Pakistan’s civil armed forces, Pakistan Rangers is officered and administratively controlled by the Pakistan army,...

It was the promise of creating a ‘Naya [new] Pakistan’ on the lines of ‘Riyasat-e-Madina’ [a model Islamic welfare state] plus a discreet ‘push’ from...

Indo-Pak Dialogue While there can be no two views that dialogue is the best way of resolving disputes amicably, there are certain cases that preclude...

In his farewell speech last year, former Pakistan army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa expressed concern regarding burgeoning domestic criticism of the Pakistan army, and...

It’s distressing to hear that 40 Members of the Legislative Assembly [MLA] belonging to various political parties have sought replacement of Assam Rifles to assist...

Despite its claim to the contrary, it’s apparent that Islamabad’s unending repertoire of allegations that people in Kashmir being denied their fundamental rights and being...

It’s after more than three decade hiatus that Srinagar once again witnessed the traditional Alam Sharief procession that marks the occasion of 8th Muharram and...

Pakistan’s Lament Islamabad has a perpetual grudge that it isn’t taken seriously by the global community. While this observation is undeniably true, international apathy towards...

Flashback On June 13, 2019, government of Pakistan issued a notification approving the creation of National Development Council [NDC] comprising 13 members under the then...

Clash of Titans Ousted from power through what he claims was a conspiracy orchestrated by the then Pakistan army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, it’s...

Though not publicised as such, organising the Pakistan Literature Festival [PLF] at Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir [PoK] on June 2-3 was Islamabad’s riposte to...

The one enduring thing about Pakistan’s never-ending diplomatic offensive on Kashmir that’s really perplexing is its incurable proclivity for adopting self-debilitating strategies. Though Pakistan benefited...

All said and done, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front [JKLF] did an excellent job in giving a head start to Rawalpindi’s plan of ‘bleeding...

Though simple and peace loving, the people of Ladakh are extremely patriotic and fiercely committed when it comes to defending their homeland and this was...

Once an icon of the so called ‘armed struggle’ in Kashmir who has had one-on-one meetings with the President of Pakistan and both the prime...

The recent attack on an Indian army vehicle by Pakistan backed terrorists in the Poonch area of J&K that claimed five lives is an extremely...

That Hindus and Muslims have co-existed in India for centuries is an indisputable historical fact, but Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah didn’t think so. In...

Investment entails acquisition of assets or items with the primary objective of generating income or for the purposes of wealth appreciation. However, since successful investment...

The cold-blooded murder of 45-year-old Sanjay Sharma in Achan village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday serves as a grim warning that there’s no...

One would have expected a country that’s just been taken off the Financial Action Task Force [FATF] grey list for its active involvement in terror...

While it is inappropriate to laugh at someone’s misfortune, Islamabad's puerile antics to showcase the impoverished Pakistan occupied Kashmir [PoK] region as Utopia compels one...

While flaunting it as a solemn occasion called ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’, Islamabad organises a comical extravaganza of sorts with emotional [as well as menacing] speeches...